Strong signals from the Government suggesting the rights and privacy of the children will be paramount in the Tom Phillips inquiry.
Police shot the fugitive dead in September after he was on the run with his kids in the Waikato bush for four years.
NZ Herald political editor Thomas Coughlan explained what this case could uncover.
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